Editing Lymington branch line (section)

== Rolling stock ==
Services on the line are currently operated by [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|South Western Railway]] using stock based at [[Bournemouth Traincare Depot|Bournemouth depot]]. Previously, rolling stock had been restricted to Classes [[British Rail Class 411|411]], [[British Rail Class 411|412]], [[British Rail Class 421|421]] and [[British Rail Class 423|423]].

Following the withdrawal of slamdoor stock from the rest of the South West Trains network in 2005, it was expected that the operation of the line would have been taken over by the new [[British Rail Class 450|Class 450]] "[[Desiro]]" units. However, SWT considered that due to the self-contained nature of the branch it would be more cost effective to continue Mark 1 operation. On this basis SWT bought and refurbished two [[British Rail Class 421]] units to exclusively operate services on the line. Work carried out on the units included the fitting of central door locking and other safety features to allow them to remain in service beyond the November 2005 deadline for the withdrawal of slam-door stock. 
The final two units of this type to work the line were numbered 1497 and 1498 and officially named ''Freshwater'' and ''Farringford'' respectively at a ceremony at Brockenhurst station on 12 May 2005. They were also repainted into an approximation of their original liveries. The "heritage" service commenced on 12 May 2005 and an exemption was obtained to enable the use of the 3Cig units until 2013, at which point they were considered to be life expired.<ref>[http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/mrk1-swtlymingtonmk1app.pdf South West Trains Lymington Branch Request for Exemption from Railway Safety Regulations (1999)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071212201650/http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/upload/pdf/mrk1-swtlymingtonmk1app.pdf |date=12 December 2007 }}</ref>

A ''Lymington Flyer'' headboard was made by Malcolm Ellis of Parkstone station, for use on the slam-door stock by local traincrew.

In Summer 2009{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} South West Trains announced plans to replace the heritage EMUs with more modern units; [[British Rail Class 158|Class 158]] Sprinters<ref name=HR134>{{cite journal |last1=Jones |first1=Robin  |year=2010 |title=End of line for Lymington slam-door stock |journal=Heritage Railway |issue= '''134''' (18 February – 17 March 2010) |page=61 }}</ref> on weekdays and [[British Rail Class 450|Class 450]] at weekends; the latter were also used on occasion when the 3Cigs were unavailable, initially with the fourth carriage locked out of use because of the short platform at Lymington Town). This change took place on 23 May 2010, with the final 3Cig service departing from Lymington Pier on 22 May 2010.<ref name=HR134/>

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!colspan=2|Unit No.
!rowspan=2|Class
!rowspan=2|Type
!rowspan=2|Unit Name
!rowspan=2|Livery
!colspan=2|Dates in Service
!rowspan=2|Disposal
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|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|1199
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|2326
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|[[British Rail Class 411|411]]
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|3Cep]]
|bgcolor=#cecece|''Lucy''<ref name="unofficialnames">Staff at Bournemouth depot unofficially named each unit.</ref>
|bgcolor=#cecece|South West Trains
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|01/2003
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|06/2004
|bgcolor=#cecece|Scrapped at [[Immingham|Immingham RFT]] in 07/2004.
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|1198
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|2314
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[British Rail Class 411|411]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|3Cep]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''Linda''<ref name="unofficialnames"/>
|bgcolor=#87cefa|South West Trains
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|06/2004
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|12/2004
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved on [[Dartmoor Railway]] in 01/2005, then at [[Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway]], moved to [[Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway]] in 08/2013.
|-
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|1499
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|1394
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|[[British Rail Class 421|421]]
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|3Cig]]
|bgcolor=#cecece|''Lisa''<ref name="unofficialnames"/>
|bgcolor=#cecece|South West Trains
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|12/2004
|bgcolor=#cecece align=center|05/2005
|bgcolor=#cecece|Preserved on [[Dean Forest Railway]] in 07/2005. Scrapped at C.F Booth, Rotherham 2013.
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|1497
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|1883
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[British Rail Class 421|421]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|3Cig]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|''Freshwater''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|BR Blue/Grey
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|05/2005
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|22/05/10
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved, for use on The Mid Norfolk Railway. Later sold to The [[Spa Valley Railway]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stock List « Spa Valley Railway|url=https://www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk/article.php/18/stock-list|access-date=2020-06-24|website=spavalleyrailway.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|1498
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|1888
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[British Rail Class 421|421]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|3Cig]]
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|''Farringford''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=left|BR Green
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|05/2005
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|22/05/10
|bgcolor=#87cefa |Preserved, for use on [[Epping Ongar Railway]]. Later sold to Quirky Nights Glamping Village in County Sligo, Ireland.
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|align=center|-
|align=center|-
|align=center|[[British Rail Class 158|158]]
|align=center|-
|align=left|-
|align=left|South West Trains
|align=center|23/05/10
|align=center|12/2018
|No longer used on branch.
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|align=center|-
|align=center|-
|align=center|[[British Rail Class 450|450]]
|align=center|[[SR Multiple Unit Numbering and Classification#DC third rail EMUs|4Des]]
|align=left|-
|align=left|South West Trains
|align=center|23/05/10
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|In Service
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|In service
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|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved
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|bgcolor=#cecece|Scrapped
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|bgcolor=fedcba|Withdrawn
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